The Roofless Church

Category: Christ

  • The Gospel According to You

    Let me begin this post by saying that I absolutely love the Bible.  I have read a lot of books in my life and the Bible by far has been the most intriguing work I have ever engaged.  With the exception of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, C.S. Lewis’ Mere…

  • The Future Is Full of Problems

    Recently I have been having a difficult time because everyone knows that I am about to graduate from seminary and they keep asking me what I am going to do when I graduate.  No one wants to hear the truth, which is that I don’t know.  They are asking me about a future that I…

  • Remaining In a State of Grace

    Have you ever felt like grace was upon you?  All of a sudden you find yourself “in the right place at the right time” and the world offers you the very thing that you need with no resistance.  The above video describes such an instance in my life.  When things like that happen I often…

  • Reflection on the Body of Christ and God’s Mysterious Ways

    Ever since returning from China I have been reflecting on the Pauline metaphor of the Body of Christ.  Meeting Christians in China was an amazing experience.  I felt love, the Presence of the Holy Spirit, and the most sincere desire of the people to spread the love of Christ among their people and the world. …

  • The Better Part

    Jesus Visits Martha and Mary (From Luke 10) 38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. 40 But Martha was distracted by her many tasks;…

  • No More of This!

    Luke 22:47-53 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus 47 While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; 48 but Jesus said to him, “Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son…

  • Grace and the Perfect Imperfections in the Bible

    I could have picked an easier job than trying to be a Christian minister.  I once told a lady that this is what I was going to school for and her response was, “Really.  People still do that?”  I think it is even harder to try to do this in a world where most of…

  • We All Have Wounds

    I’m a firm believer that when we offer up our wounds in service to others–as I see Christ doing–then what can at first seem like a dysfunction, can actually become our function.  In this sermon, my intention is to invite us into the possibility that the Christ within us can transform our wounds and make…

  • Nothing Is Never What We Think It Is

    If you don’t want to slap me for making the above video, then we are friends for life even if we never meet.  I can say that with honesty because if you can embrace the hub-bubbery that I spoke then it means that you are not living in the fear of loss and so we…

  • Abundance is Reality

    Warning:  If none of what I say in this post makes sense, then you probably read it correctly. What I am attempting to convey in this post can only be understood from the place of absolute inclusion–total Oneness, nothing left out. These words stand on the foundation that God is giving everything to everything and…